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What Makes Rural Communities Tick?

Salamon, Sonya – Rural Development Perspectives, 1989

Compares traits and attitudes of two Illinois farming communities with populations characterized as "German yeoman" and "Yankee entrepreneur." Discusses how community characteristics shape responses to social and economic changes and affect the course of economic development. (SV)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development

Age Relates Positively to Community Satisfaction: Some Explanations and Implications.

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van Es, J. C.; Schneider, Judy B. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1983

This article presents a case in which age was isolated as a highly significant factor affecting reported community satisfaction. Authors explain the findings as the result of four factors: (1) selective migration, (2) influence of length of residence, (3) acceptance of one's surroundings as one ages, and (4) rising expectations among the younger…

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Community Characteristics, Community Development